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diocesean

diocesean is the alternative form of diocesan.

Meaning of diocesan

Adjective

diocesan (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a diocese.
    • Diocesan bureaucracies were both symptom and cause of this.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 378
    Synonyms:
    diocesian

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Questions about diocesean

What is diocesean the alternative form of?
Diocesean is the alternative form of diocesan.

Words near diocesean in the dictionary

  1. diobols
  2. diocesal
  3. diocesan
  4. diocesans
  5. diocese
  6. diocesean
  7. dioceses
  8. diocesian
  9. diocesse
  10. diocesses
  11. dioch

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